Headlines- A bill amending a 2021 law that targeted the LGBTQ+ community and was passed by nationalist former leader Viktor Orban was approved by Hungary's parliament on Tuesday.
- The latest attack on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid International Airport resulted in one fatality and eleven injuries.
- Residents of Riyadh have been given the all-clear by Saudi Arabia's civil defense agency after the military's announcement that incoming missiles fired toward the capital by the Houthis in Yemen had been shot down.
- Iran's alleged involvement in a security alert outside a UK/US airbase in southern England last month led the British government to summon the ambassador and announce sanctions against two people.
- In a sophisticated overnight cyberattack, hackers commandeered refrigeration systems throughout France, spoiling stock at major chains and forcing hundreds of supermarkets to discard perishable goods on Monday.
- According to a transcript and audio recording of the calls made on the nite of Christa Pike's botched execution, 911 callers reported that she was unconscious and had difficulty breathing an hour after receiving two fatal injections of the sedative pentobarbital.
- An "incident involving a roller coaster" at a Six Flags theme park in Georgia resulted in one fatality and multiple injuries, according to the authorities.
Month: August 2020
As Africa Celebrates Polio-Free Status, Nigeria...
region in Africa that includes 43 nations has been certified free of the wild polio virus (Aug. 24) after Nigeria, the last endemic country, recorded no new cases for the past three consecutive years. Nigeria’s polio survivors are celebrating the eradication of the virus, even though many still face challenges
English-Language News App Censored Tibet, Dalai...
China’s government has already been censoring politically sensitive words on TikTok, WeChat, and other social media platforms for years, Wangden Kyab, a senior researcher at the Dharamsala, India-based human rights group Tibet Watch
UN Meeting of States Parties to...
Burhanudeen Gafoor (on screen), Permanent Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the United Nations, presides over the 30th meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to elect seven judges of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Food Insecure Zimbabweans Turn to Lockdown...
Zimbabweans are struggling to get by as, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy was in shambles. As food insecurity has grown, charities in the capital have opened relief kitchens to provide free meals to thousands, most of them informal traders unable to earn income because of pandemic restrictions
South Africa COVID-19 Death Toll Surpresses...
The provinces with the highest number of infections include Gauteng with 206 018 cases, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 109 841, Western Cape 104 588 and Eastern Cape 85 203
Heavy Rains Kill One In Douala
Littoral Governor Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua ordered that a regional crisis committee be activated to assist persons affected by the rains in Douala on Friday August 21, 2020
Massive March In Belarus Challenges Lukashenka
People marched through the center of the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on August 23, two weeks after the country’s disputed presidential election. An estimated 100,000 joined the protest against result of the vote, in which the incumbent president, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, claimed victory despite numerous reported irregularities. Since the election, protesters have faced violence amid a police crackdown
Serbian Orthodox Protesters Drive Toward Montenegro’s...
A Serbian Orthodox Church cleric has sent off a protest convoy heading from Belgrade to the Jabuka monastery, on Serbia’s border with Montenegro. Dozens of cars set off from the Serbian capital on August 23
Black Barbershops Join COVID Fight
African Americans are nearly four times more likely to die of COVID-19 than whites, by one estimate. But polls show more Blacks than whites say they will not get a coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available. A history of racism in medicine means trust in the health system is lower among African Americans
Kyrgyzstan extradites journalist to Uzbekistan amid...
The Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security, or GKNB, said it received assurances from their Uzbek partners that Abdullayev would not be ill-treated. The journalist reported being subjected to physical and torture after his arrest in September 2017